How many vacations have you had in your life? If you’re at least 30, you probably had a lot. Aren’t you bored already with all that swimming, visiting museums,  climbing ancient ruins or taking pics of buildings in cities just like yours, but different by their architectural style?

Well, you could try a cooking vacation for a change. This is how to do it:

Step 1: rent a studio in a country of your choice (make sure it has a kitchenette if not a real kitchen, a fridge, a cooking machine and all necessary cooking utensils)

Step 2: read about the cooking culture of the country you’re going to spend your vacation in (you want to know what foods you’ll have to deal with; don’t dream of cooking pork chop recipes in a Muslim country, because you won’t stand a choice – they don’t touch pork)

Step 3: make a rough daily meals plan. You’ll need it, because you need to evaluate how much money you can spend each day and what kind of food you can buy with it. After all, you don’t want to spend the last days of your vacation eating cheap street food only because you cooked lobsters the first two days.

Make sure not to spend too much in the kitchen during your vacation, because you’ll have to exercise a lot if you don’t want to return home with 10 extra pounds which you’ll then have troubles in getting rid of.

Now tell me, isn’t this a cultural vacation? Learn about the food culture of the places you’re visiting. Leave those museums, that’s only history anyway. Get real and learn to cook like the Greeks, the Turks, The Dutch etc. I promise you that after 10 such vacations you’ll be able to call yourself an international cook.

Since early childhood, I’ve been a huge fan on vacations. I remember that each time we were supposed to go on vacation, I could not sleep the night before, as I was anticipating the nice things that were going to happen, so sleep was not at all in my mind. It didn’t actually matter where we were going to spend the vacation, because our parents took care of everything. We were only concerned with simple facts such as how much money would they give us for slots machines or whether or not they are going to let us eat ice cream.

Growing older, I started to differentiate between vacations. For example, the expectations from a golf vacation are totally different from the ones I have from a Smoky Mountain Family Vacation or a cultural vacation. I started this blog as a place to write about my best vacations ever, about places I’ve been, hotels I’ve stayed in or restaurants I loved or hated during my travels. I’m going to review various kinds of vacation resorts, from the Ultra All Inclusive, 5 star ones, to the beach bungalows that don’t even have a toilet inside. Remember that places and trips are as cool as we make them. I could be happy in an igloo and miserable in a golden apartment. Having a great vacation is not always about the facilities. You’ll see.

I’m going to give you vacation ideas and tips, so you can have a great time wherever you may go, even if it’s only for a girlfriend getaway, and get the most out of your money and time, by visiting all touristic objectives such as monuments, museums, cathedrals, beaches and restaurants that are within your area of destination.

I take guest articles, so if you wish to send me your amazing vacation story, please let me a brief note in the comments here and I’ll send you all details.